Is There Really A Village In China Called 'Singapore'?

Is there a place in the world that shares the same name as our little red dot? One photo might make you do a double take.

In a Xiaohongshu post, a netizen shared a photo of a stone sign reading “Xin Jia Po” — the Mandarin characters for Singapore. They cheekily captioned it: “I’ve reached Singapore. Welcome to Singapore.”

At first glance, you might think the photo was taken somewhere in Singapore. But according to the original poster, that’s not actually the case.

Responding to comments asking for the exact location, the OP explained: “This is a village in Xinyu, Jiangxi province.”

They even added that local buses make the journey more amusing, with announcements saying, “You’ve reached Singapore, remember to take your barang barang when you arrive.”

Now, before you get completely fooled, the OP was, for lack of a better word, just trolling.

While the stone sign may very well be located in Jiangxi, as the OP claimed, there isn’t actually a village there that shares the same name as our country.

What the sign really shows is a play on words. In Chinese, “Xin” can mean “new,” “Jia” can mean “add,” and “Po” can mean “slope.” Put together, the three characters basically form the phrase “newly added slope.”

In reality, the stone is simply marking a newly added slope in the area. But according to some, it seems to have taken a cheeky cue from Singapore, turning it into a pun that might confuse a few passersby at first, and hopefully get a few laughs too.

In fact, in places like Huangling Village in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, “Xin Jia Po Cun” (Singapore village) sometimes appears in tourist themes and online posts as a playful nickname to attract attention, rather than an official place name.

Netizens were thoroughly amused by the post, with some quickly catching on to what the sign was actually referring to. One even joked: “Who knows, maybe the population of that ‘village’ still exceeds that of Singapore.”